Ask Spell-Checker to Ignore Certain Text

If you want Word's spell-checker to ignore certain passages of text, first, select the text you don't want spell-checked.

August 2, 2001 12:00AM EST

August 2, 2001

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If you want Word's spell-checker to ignore certain passages of text, first, select the text you don't want spell-checked. Then, choose Tools, Language, Set Language. Then, select the Do Not Check Spelling Or Grammar option and click OK. This can come in handy in documents with lots of proper names, computer code, or phonetic spellings.